PERSONALITY: FROM NATURE OR NURTURE

Definition

Usual manner or style of behavior
Predictable patterns throughout life

Personality Types

Introverts

Easygoing

Cheerful

Calm

Coping well

Extroverts

Higher highs

Lower lows

Emotionally reactive

Sources of Personality

Nature

Genetics

Inherited

Emotionally reactive

Nurture

Environment

Influences

Family

Culture

Friends

Education

Nature-Nurture Controversy

Which is more important?

Genetics

Environment

Difficult to conduct research

No scientific resolution

AƱada su texto

Current belief: both are important

Ongoing Discussion

Nature vs. Nurture

Everyone has an opinion